US-Egypt Diplomacy under Johnson

What happens to policies when a president dies in office? Do they get replaced by<br/> the new president or do advisers carry on with the status quo? In November 1963 <br/> these were important questions for a Kennedy-turned-Johnson administration.<br/> <br/> Among these officials was a driven National Security Council staffer named Robert<br/> Komer who had made it his personal mission to have the United States form better<br/> relations with Egypt's Gamal Abdel Nasser after diplomatic relations were nearly<br/> severed during the Eisenhower years. While Kennedy saw the benefit of having good <br/> personal relations with the most influential leader in the Middle East-believing<br/> that it was the key to preventing a new front in the global Cold War-Johnson<br/> did not share his predecessor's enthusiasm for influencing Nasser with aid.<br/> <br/> In US-Egypt Diplomacy under Johnson Glickman brings to light the diplomatic<br/> efforts of Komer a masterful strategist at navigating the bureaucratic<br/> process. Appealing to scholars of Middle Eastern history and US foreign<br/> policy the book reveals a new perspective on the path to a war that was<br/> to change the face of the Middle East and provides an important applied<br/> history case study for policymakers on the limits of personal diplomacy.